
MA Classical Literature (Stellenbosch), PhD Classical Literature (Stellenbosch)
Lecturer
Lecturing specialisation
Latin language and literature; Women in the Roman world; Classical love poetry
Research specialisation
Latin literature from the Golden Era (Catullus, Vergil, Ovid)
Current research projects
Identity in the poetry of Catullus
Academic service/Community interaction
Departmental representative on the Teaching and Learning Committee as well as the Teaching Development Committee (2013-current); freelance translator (Latin, Afrikaans and English); language consultant (Latin); editorial board of the journal
Akroterion
Awards
Mellon Academic Staff Development Programme Award (2014); Rector's Award (First Year Academy): Recognition given to lecturer who had greatest impact on a first year student (Stellenbosch) (2013); Classical Association of South Africa Translation Award: First Prize for the Afrikaans translation of Vergil's first Eclogue (2011); Sheelagh Fitzpatrick de Vries Bursary for postgraduate studies in Latin (2011); Rector's Award (First Year Academy): Recognition given to lecturer who had greatest impact on a first year student (Stellenbosch) (2009)
Selected publications
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Forthcoming
Liminality and Catullus’s Attis.
Helios.
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2013
The deer hunter: a portrait of Aeneas.
Akroterion 58: 47-59. -
2011
Ek haat en ek het lief.
Die gedigte van Gaius Valerius Catullus in Afrikaans vertaal. Stellenbosch: SunMedia [ISBN 978-0-620-52022-5]. -
2008
The Laodamia simile in Catullus 68: Reflections on Love and Loss.
Akroterion 53: 57-65.